Japan Castle Atlas

Daijō Sukemoto

馬場資幹

Builder and lord records come from the Japan Castle Foundation list and Japanese Wikipedia.

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The Ote-mon main gate at the end of the Ote Bridge (August 2024). The gate was rebuilt in wood in 2020.

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Mito, Ibaraki

Mito Castle

水戸城

The castle of the Mito Tokugawa, one of the shogun's three senior branch families, defended not by stone walls but by deep moats and earthen ramparts.

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BuiltRecord source: jokaku